US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on Sept. 23 for "Valvular insufficiency repair device and method" (American, Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,746, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Valvular insufficiency repair device and method" was invented by Emil Karapetian (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Maria Charles Vija Stanislaus (Irvine, Calif.), Gregory Bak-Boychuk (San Clemente, Calif.), Christopher J. Olson (Lake Forest, Calif.), Cristobal R. Hernandez (Santa Ana, Calif.), William C. Brunnett (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Netanel Benichou (D.n. Hof Hacarmel, Israel), Lauren R. Freschauf (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Alexander J. Siegel (Irvine, Calif.), Stanton J. Rowe (Newport Coast, Calif.) and Alison S. Curtis (Colden, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Tr...